Tethyidae Gray, 1848 
AphiaID: 131677

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Hadromerida (Order)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Hadromerida
Synonymised taxa		Donatiidae Burton, 1924 (junior synonym)
Sources		original description: Gray, J.E. 1848. List of the Specimens of British Sponges in the collectionof the British Museum (London). (British Museum Publication): viii, 1-24. [details] additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Burton, M. 1924a. A revision of the sponge family Donatiidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1924 (part 4): 1033-1045, pl. 1. [details] [view taxon]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Genus Anthotethya Sarà & Sarà, 2002 Genus Burtonitethya Sarà, 1994 Genus Columnitis Schmidt, 1870 Genus Halicometes Topsent, 1898 Genus Laxotethya Sarà & Sarà, 2002 Genus Nucleotethya Sarà & Bavestrello, 1996 Genus Oxytethya Sarà & Sarà, 2002 Genus Stellitethya Sarà, 1994 Genus Tectitethya Sarà, 1994 Genus Tethya Lamarck, 1815 Genus Tethyastra Sarà, 2002 Genus Tethycometes Sarà, 1994 Genus Tethytimea de Laubenfels, 1936 Genus Xenospongia Gray, 1858 Genus Alcyonium sensu Pallas, 1766 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 Genus Alemo Wright, 1881 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 Genus Amniscos Gray, 1867 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 Genus Donatia Nardo, 1833 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 Genus Taboga de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 Genus Tethea Johnston, 1842 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 Genus Tethycordyla de Laubenfels, 1934 accepted as Halicometes Topsent, 1898 Genus Tethyorraphis Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 Genus Tethyorrhaphis Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 Genus Tethyum Lieberkühn, 1859 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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Note		Description: Spherical sponges with spheraster and star-shaped microscleres <282>. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131677
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van Soest, Rob 2005-08-01 12:12:31Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2005-09-03 12:24:27Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2005-12-12 19:27:27Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Tethyidae Gray, 1848. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131677 on 2013-05-23